Nguema
surname · French · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Nguema is a surname, most frequently recorded in Gabon, where it is the 3rd most common surname. It appears chiefly in French and Spanish, written in the Latin script.
- GAGabon1 in 20◐
- ESSpain1 in 39K
- FRFrance1 in 3.1M
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈1.3K ●
- Sources
- 144 ●
- 1 in 39K ◐
across 5 countries
3.0K records
Official registry-verified
Spain
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GA Gabon | #3 | 26,344 | 431 rec. | — | 25K | Nguema | 49 |
| ES Spain | — | 1,287△ | 71 rec. | 1 in 39K | 1.3K | Nguema | 22 |
| CM Cameroon | — | 74 | 71 rec. | — | — | Nguema | 12 |
| US United States | — | 58 | 52 rec. | — | listed | Nguema | 36 |
| FR France | — | 22 | 2.1K rec. | 1 in 3.1M | 22 | Nguema | 144 |
| GN Guinea | #122 | 22 | 58 rec. | — | — | Nguema | 2 |
| CD Congo - Kinshasa | — | 17 | 17 rec. | — | — | Nguema | 2 |
| GQ Equatorial Guinea | #61 | 16 | 16 rec. | — | 200 | Nguema | 8 |
| CA Canada | — | 12 | 11 rec. | — | — | Nguema | 8 |
| CH Switzerland | — | 11 | — | 1 in 764K | 11 | — | — |
| OM Oman | — | 6 | 6 rec. | — | — | Nguema | 3 |
| PL Poland | — | 2 | — | 1 in 19M | 2 | — | — |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- French29K79%
- Spanish5.2K14%
- Catalan1.3K3%
- Swahili2841%
- English2321%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| French | 29,319 | 79% |
| Spanish | 5,169 | 14% |
| Catalan | 1,287 | 3% |
| Swahili | 284 | 1% |
| English | 232 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Notable people with this name●
- Francisco Macías Nguema Biyokob. 1924GQEquatoguinean politician, 1st and former President of Equatorial Guinea (1924-1979)
- Bonifacio Nguema Esono Nchamab. 1936GQEquatorial Guinean politician
- Patrick N'Guema N'Dongb. 1957GAnot in their usual nameFranco-Gabonese journalist
- Teodorín Obiangb. 1969GQnot in their usual nameEquatoguinean politician, son of Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang
- Armengol Ondo Nguemab. 1970GQEquatoguinean politician
- Théodore Zué Nguémab. 1973GQassociation football player and manager
- Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguemab. 1975GAPresident of Gabon since 2023
- Justo Nguemab. 1987GQEquatoguinean footballer
- Richard Nguemab. 1988ESEquatorial Guinean basketball player
- Eusebio Edjangb. 1994GQnot in their usual nameEquatorial Guinean association football player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 15 sources across 10 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GA Gabon | This page provides an overview of Gabonese surnames, highlighting their cultural significance and statistical data, publ | 2026 | 25K | #3 |
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 1.3K | #3,551 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 1.3K | #3,550 |
| GA Gabon | Ministere de l'Interieur — 2025 candidate lists (local + legislative) | 2025 | 369 | #2 |
| GQ Equatorial Guinea | This page provides a list of common names and surnames in Equatorial Guinea. | 2023 | 200 | #1 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 22 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 12 | — |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 11 | #56,728 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 7 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 6 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 2 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 2 | #371,762 |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 26 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Nguema?
- We estimate roughly 1.3 thousand people bear Nguema (counting its spellings and scripts) across 5 countries in our records.
- In which country does Nguema have the most bearers?
- Nguema is most frequently recorded in Gabon, where it is most often spelled nguema.
- How common is Nguema compared with other names?
- In Gabon, Nguema is the 3rd most common surname of 6,449 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Nguema” — the 3rd most common surname in Gabon. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.